Apple today updated the 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro, introducing its first products with the new M5 chip, the next generation of Apple Silicon.
MacBook Pro
The 14-inch MacBook Pro has been updated with the new M5 chip, which delivers 3.5X better AI performance compared to M4 and 6X faster performance compared to M1, according to Apple's press release. Apple lists the following additional comparisons to the previous generation 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4, as well as the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1:
- Up to 7.7x faster AI video-enhancing performance in Topaz Video when compared to the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with M1, and up to 1.8x faster than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4.
- Up to 6.8x faster 3D rendering in Blender when compared to the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with M1, and up to 1.7x faster than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4.
- Up to 3.2x higher frame rates in games when compared to the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1, and up to 1.6x faster than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4.
- Up to 2.1x faster build performance when compiling code in Xcode when compared to the 13‑inch MacBook Pro with M1, and up to 1.2x faster than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M4.
In addition to M5, the new MacBook Pro features 153 GBPS of unified memory bandwidth, up from 120 GBPS on the MacBook Pro with M4, and can be configured with up to 4 TB of storage, up from 2 TB on the MacBook Pro with M4.
As part of its Apple 2030 global initiative to become completely carbon neutral by the end of the decade, Apple claims that the new MacBook Pro is made with 45% recycled content by weight, including 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure, 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100% recycled cobalt in the battery. Apple additionally claims that the new MacBook Pro is manufactured with 55% renewable electricity across the supply chain, and ships with 100% fiber-based packaging.
The new MacBook Pro can be preordered from Apple starting today for a starting price of US $1,599, and will begin shipping on Wednesday, October 22.
iPad Pro
Apple also updated the iPad Pro with the M5 chip, N1 wireless networking chip, C1X modem on cellular models, and fast charging.
With M5, the new iPad Pro delivers up to 3.5X faster AI performance when compared to the iPad Pro with M4 and up to 5.6X faster AI performance when compared to the iPad Pro with M1, according to Apple's press release. Apple lists the following additional comparisons to the iPad Pro with M4 and the iPad Pro with M1:
- Up to 6.7x faster 3D rendering with ray tracing in Octane X when compared to iPad Pro with M1, and up to 1.5x faster than iPad Pro with M4.
- Up to 6x faster video transcode performance in Final Cut Pro for iPad when compared to iPad Pro with M1, and up to 1.2x faster than iPad Pro with M4.
- Up to 4x faster AI image generation performance in Draw Things for iPad when compared to iPad Pro with M1, and up to 2x faster than iPad Pro with M4.
- Up to 3.7x faster AI video upscaling performance in DaVinci Resolve for iPad when compared to iPad Pro with M1, and up to 2.3x faster than iPad Pro with M4.
In addition to M5, the new iPad Pro features over 150 GBPS of unified memory bandwidth, a nearly 30% increase from iPad Pro with M4, as well as 2X faster storage speeds.
With the C1X modem, cellular models of iPad Pro deliver up to 50% faster cellular data performance and up to 30% less power usage when compared to iPad Pro with M4. In addition, the N1 chip, first introduced with the iPhone 17 lineup, brings Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread support to iPad Pro.
As part of its Apple 2030 global initiative to become completely carbon neutral by the end of the decade, Apple claims that the new iPad Pro is made with 30% recycled content by weight, including 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure, 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100% recycled cobalt in the battery. Apple additionally claims that the new iPad Pro is manufactured with 55% renewable electricity across the supply chain, and ships in 100% fiber-based packaging.
The new iPad Pro can be preordered from Apple today for a starting price of US $999, and will begin shipping on Wednesday, October 22.
Apple Vision Pro
Finally, Apple updated the Apple Vision Pro, bringing the M5 chip, a new "Dual knit" band for increased comfort, and a faster 120 HZ display.
With M5, the new Apple Vision Pro renders 10% more pixels on the displays when compared to Apple Vision Pro with M2, and delivers a smoother experience when using Mac Virtual Display, according to Apple's press release. Apple additionally claims that the new Apple Vision Pro offers up to 3 hours of video playback per charge, up from 2.5 hours on Apple Vision Pro with M2.
The new dual knit band, also compatible with the previous generation Apple Vision Pro, is designed to improve comfort, readability, and stretch. It comes in small, medium, and large sizes, and a dial can be used to further adjust its position on your head.
As part of its Apple 2030 global initiative to become completely carbon neutral by the end of the decade, Apple claims that the new Apple Vision Pro is made with 100% recycled aluminum in the frame and battery enclosure, 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100% recycled cobalt in the battery. Apple additionally claims that the new Apple Vision Pro ships in 100% fiber-based packaging.
The new Apple Vision Pro can be preordered from Apple today for a starting price of US $3,499, and will begin shipping on Wednesday, October 22.
Comments
When may we expect the M5 pro, M5 max and M5 ultra?
And the larger sized Macbook?
As a gamer...
I am interested to know exactly what games they are testing those frame rates on for the Mac computers.
Re: When may we expect the M5 pro, M5 max and M5 ultra?
While nothing is official until it's been announced by Apple, I'd guess, based on the latest rumors, that new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips will be introduced in January-March 2026. I'm not sure about M5 Ultra, as the Macs that include that chip, the Mac Pro and Mac Studio, aren't updated as regularly or predictably as other Macs.
Hope they make an M5 Ultra
When I bought my 128GB M4 Max Mac Studio earlier this year I was rather split between this and the 512GB M3 Ultra, but ultimately ended up choosing this one primarily because of price but also because the M3 is previous generation, still on ARMv8 whereas all M4 variants are on ARMv9 with 512-bit Scalable Matrix Extensions support (which doesn't mean much to most people but I write a lot of low-level assembly code), and Apple announced that they wouldn't make an M4 Ultra so there would be nothing else to choose from at the top of the current generation of Apple gear. My intention was to eventually put this Mac Studio inside a rack-mountable case at a colocation datacenter, however I ended up just giving away my M4 iMac so the Mac Studio ended up becoming my daily driver, and am really happy about its performance especially inferencing machine learning models on MLX.
Unfortunately the Mac Pro line seems to have been completely forgotten, since it remains on the M2 Ultra. However if Apple decides to upgrade it to something like an M5 Ultra, and the performance benefits end up being over twice the performance of an M4 Max, I'll be all over it because the Mac Pro actually offers the rack-mountable option that I want, and if Apple also ups the memory size and bandwidth while retaining current prices, NVIDIA might have real reasons to be concerned.